Pepe Escobar (born 1954) is a Brazilian journalist works who writes a column, The Roving Eye, for Asia Times Online and is a commentator on Russia's RT and Iran's Press TV. He writes regularly for Russia's Sputnik News, and previously wrote many opinion pieces for Al Jazeera.[1]
Escobar has focused on Central Asia, Russia the Middle East, and Iran since the late 1990s.[2]
Escobar has reported extensively from Afghanistan.[citation needed] In August 2000, Escobar and two other journalists were arrested by the Taliban, and accused of photographing a soccer match.[3]
Bibliography
- Escobar, P. (2007), Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2007), Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2009), Obama Does Globalistan, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2014), Empire of Chaos, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2015), 2030, Nimble Books.
- Escobar, P. (2016), 2030, suivi de Dialogues inactuels (Jorge Luis Borges), Éditions du Cercle.
References
- ^ Al Jazeera bio and articles of Pepe Escobar
- ^ Sharma, Dinesh and Gielen, Uwe, "About the Contributors", The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century, Routledge 2013
- ^ Dartnell, Michael York, Insurgency Online: Web Activism and Global Conflict, University of Toronto Press, 2006, p. 56
External links
- Manning, D. & Cotton, M. 2007, 'Embedded with Power: An interview with Pepe Escobar' (part 1, part 2), Mediabite, no date.
- Articles at Asia Times